New Year’s Day: What’s open, what’s closed on Jan. 1? Walmart, Target, banks, mail, trash, more Updated Jan 02, 2021; Posted Dec 31, 2020 Workers install a panel of Waterford crystal triangles on the Times Square New Year's Eve ball preparing for the big night in New York City. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens) Facebook Share New Year’s Day is a federal holiday marking the first day of the calendar year. Jan. 1, 2021 falls on Friday, meaning many businesses and services will be affected. Many Americans go out to celebrate on New Year’s Eve, but NYE will look very different this year due to the coronavirus pandemic. Onondaga County is encouraging people to ring in the new year at home with their household due to stress on Syracuse hospitals, and other events, like “Dick Clark’s Rockin’ New Year’s Eve” in Times Square, will still go on but without crowds.